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@@....@.@@ TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ......@.@@
.@...@@@.. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .....@@@..
@@..@..@.@ CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ....@..@..
.@.@@.@@@. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ...@@.@@.@
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..@@.@.@@. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .@@@.@@...
.@.@@@@.@. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, @..@@.@...
@@@...@@@. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE @.@.@@@...
..@..@..@. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH @@@@..@..@
.@@.@@.@@. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ...@.@@.@@
@.@@.@@.@@ SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ..@@@.@@.@
@@.@@.@@.. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .@..@@.@@.
.@@.@@.@.. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR @@.@.@@.@@
@.@@.@@@.. ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .@@@@.@@.@
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.@@.@.@@@. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE @..@.@@.@@
@.@@@@..@@ RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL @.@@@.@@.@
@@...@.@.@ BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. @@..@@.@@.
.@..@@@@@. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .@.@.@@.@@
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@..@..@@@. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ...@.@@.@.
@.@@.@..@@ THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ..@@@.@@@@
@@.@@@.@.. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .@..@@....
.@@..@@@.. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. @@.@.@...@
@.@.@..@.@ DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .@@@@@..@@
@@@@@.@@@. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. @....@.@..
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...@.@.@@. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT @..@...@@@
..@@@@@.@@ FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS @.@@..@..@
.@....@@.@ IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. @@.@.@@.@@
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.@@@.@..@@ MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. @.@@@.@@@@
@..@@@.@.. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER @@..@@...@
@.@..@@@.. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .@.@.@..@.
@@@.@..@.. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE @@@@@@.@@@
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